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US 12,738,882 B2Granted
Systems and methods for conserving thermal and electrical energy usage in buildings and houses
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of Colorado
InventorMoncef Krarti
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Abstract
Systems and methods of use of movable shading devices, are disclosed. In some example implementations, the system can include one or more movable shading devices, where the one or more movable shading devices are configured to be selectively moveable, based on control by a programmable controller, with respect to an external surface of a building or house, where the external surface of the building or house includes at least one wall surface and at least one roof surface, to conserve at least one of cooling energy use associated with the building or house and/or heating energy use associated with the building or house.
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A system, comprising:
- at least one rail connected to an exterior surface of a building such that the at least one rail is parallel to ground below the rail;
- one or more movable shading devices that slide across the external surface of the building along the at least one rail to cover a window of the building or to expose the window of the building, wherein at least one of the one or more movable shading devices includes at least one PV-integrated smart glazed panel;
- a programmable controller operably coupled to at least one of the one or more movable shading devices;
- wherein the programmable controller is configured to slide the at least one of the one or more movable shading devices with respect to the external surface of a building or house, wherein the external surface of the building or house includes at least one wall surface and at least one roof surface, and
- wherein the programmable controller is configured to move at least one of the movable shading devices based on a building energy model, wherein the building energy model comprises information and the overall optical properties of the at least one roof surface as modified by respective positions of the movable shading devices relative to the roof.
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A system, comprising:
- at least one rail connected to an exterior surface of a building such that the at least one rail is parallel to ground below the rail;
- one or more movable shading devices that slide across the external surface of the building along the at least one rail to cover a window of the building or to expose the window of the building, wherein the one or more movable shading devices include at least one PV-integrated smart glazed panel;
- a programmable controller operably coupled to at least one of the one or more movable shading devices;
- wherein the programmable controller is configured to slide the at least one of the one or more movable shading devices with respect to the external surface of a building or house,
- wherein the programmable controller is further configured to position one of the one or more movable shading devices on the at least one rail at an angle that is greater than 90 degrees as measured from portions of the exterior surface below the one of the movable shading devices;
- wherein the external surface of the building or house includes at least one wall surface and at least one roof surface, and
- wherein the programmable controller is configured to move the at least one of the movable shading devices based on a building energy model.
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A system, comprising:
- at least one rail connected to an exterior surface of a building such that the at least one rail is parallel to ground below the rail;
- one or more movable shading devices that slide across the external surface of the building along the at least one rail to cover a window of the building or to expose the window of the building, wherein the one or more movable shading devices include at least one PV-integrated smart glazed panel;
- a programmable controller operably coupled to at least one of the one or more movable shading devices;
- wherein the programmable controller is configured to slide the at least one of the one or more movable shading devices with respect to the external surface of a building or house,
- one of the one or more movable shading devices on the at least one rail at an angle that is greater than 90 degrees as measured from portions of the exterior surface below the one of the one or more movable shading devices;
- wherein the programmable controller is configured to move the at least one of the one or more movable shading devices based on a building energy model;
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- wherein the angle between the shading device and the exterior surface can be controlled independently of the distance that the one of the movable shading devices slides along the rail.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.